ridicule

«ridicule» in Mova's school dictionary: unkind laughing at someone or something to make them look… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (ridicule — uncountable); verb (ridicule, ridicules, ridiculed, ridiculing)

meaning for a pupil

1) Ridicule is unkind laughing at someone or something to make them look silly or stupid. tree →

2) To ridicule someone is to make fun of them in a cruel or mocking way. tree →

sense in the lessons

In ethics and anti-bullying lessons, ridicule is a form of bullying that hurts feelings and stops people from trying. In stories, inventors and dreamers are ridiculed at first and later proved right. Phrases: «face ridicule», «hold up to ridicule», «an object of ridicule», «be ridiculed for».

examples

• The other children ridiculed him for his old shoes. tree →
• She faced ridicule but never gave up her dream. tree →
• The inventor's idea was met with ridicule, but it worked. tree →
• Ridicule can hurt more than a push. tree →
• Don't ridicule someone for making a mistake. tree →
• His silly hat made him an object of ridicule. tree →
• THE OLIVE-TREE ridiculed the Fig-Tree because, while she was green all the year round, the Fig-Tree changed its leaves with the seasons. tree →

note

Uncountable as a noun. Adjective «ridiculous» (silly, laughable). Stress: RID-i-cule. Spelling: ridicule, not «redicule». Making fun of someone to hurt them is bullying.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ridicule» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.